tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103914919249706024.post7868343443441249547..comments2023-05-18T03:08:41.920-07:00Comments on 1000 Things About Japan: Won't Miss # 501- hearing about "the bases"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103914919249706024.post-4940348273993288982012-11-05T18:28:05.802-08:002012-11-05T18:28:05.802-08:00I'd like renegotiations of treaties and our ba...I'd like renegotiations of treaties and our bases OUT of there. I really have affection for Japan and the Japanese, but I think it's past time we left there. It's not like we have money to burn anymore with military expenses (if we ever truly did). And yes, Japan will see just how much it costs to have an army and equipment of sufficient scope, size, and training to feel secure in thePrincess Dieter aka Mirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01121450857817115011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103914919249706024.post-33943392433387170142012-11-04T03:57:08.951-08:002012-11-04T03:57:08.951-08:00Exactly. Unfortunately, the stationing of the US m...Exactly. Unfortunately, the stationing of the US military here will never change until some military or diplomatic disaster occurs. Most Americans know little about our unusual military "alliance" and very little about the heavily one-sided Security Treaty (as you know, Japan cannot defend the US, but young American men and women could very possibly die in a war defending Japan). <br />Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16435915677126518313noreply@blogger.com